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En junio de 1943 una prostituta de Bilbao deja al cuidado de unos jesuitas a su hijo recién nacido. Poco tiempo después, en Galicia, una mujer da a luz a una niña y la abandona en un convento. Con este punto de partida, Larrea recorre hacia atrás una complicada historia familiar que la lleva a Bilbao, la ciudad donde se encuentran las claves de sus orígenes. Una historia sobre adopciones ilegales con el trasfondo de los últimos coletazos del franquismo.

Alla scoperta degli echi dell'eroismo femminile, un segreto alla volta. In "L'eco del valore", il secondo libro della serie "Spie senza Tempo", i segreti del passato incontrano la consapevolezza del presente. Torquay, 2007 Nella cittadina costiera di Torquay, sulla costa meridionale dell'Inghilterra, l'incontro della dottoressa Mia Thompson con la sua paziente solitaria, Eileen Nearne, scatena una scoperta inaspettata. La vita tranquilla di Eileen smentisce il suo straordinario passato di agente segreto del SOE nella Francia occupata dai nazisti durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Dalle ...

Nel cuore di Marsiglia, tra la vivace street art di Cours Julien, una giovane artista di graffiti scopre un pezzo di storia nascosto che le cambierà la vita per sempre. Marsiglia, agosto 2004 Arrivando per frequentare la prestigiosa École des Beaux-Arts, Sil Anderson trova una valigia piena di lettere di Lise de Baissac, una coraggiosa agente del SOE durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Trasportato nel mondo di Lise, Sil segue la storia di una donna che ha rischiato tutto per combattere l'oppressione nazista. Il viaggio di Lise, dalla fuga dalla Parigi occupata all'organizzazione di audaci...

Espions. Secrets. Sacrifice. Inspirée de la légende vraie de Nancy Wake, la « Souris Blanche » de la Résistance française, L'As de l’Audace : Nom de code Hélène inaugure une trilogie captivante, de la Seconde Guerre mondiale à nos jours, qui explore le courage, l'héritage et les liens invisibles unissant les femmes à travers les générations. Londres, 2010. Aroha Tui a toujours vécu entre deux mondes : son héritage royal maori et sa nouvelle vie en Grande-Bretagne. Lorsqu'elle est chargée de veiller sur Nancy Wake, jadis la femme la plus recherchée de la France occupée, ...

München, 1985: Die junge Claudia Baumgartner lernt den sieben Jahre älteren Flötisten Florian Moser kennen und lieben. Das junge Paar bekommt Fünflinge, die als Frühchen auf die Welt kommen. Zwei der Babys sterben nach wenigen Monaten. Claudia kämpft wie eine Löwin, um ihrer Familie das optimale Zuhause zu bieten. Sie bekommt noch eine weitere Tochter, Julia, und nimmt ein Pflegekind auf, das türkische Mädchen Merve. Doch Florian, der eine bipolare Störung hat, wird zunehmend aggressiv, hat Affären und zwingt Claudia zu mehreren Umzügen quer durch die ganze Republik.

Cuando Remy Wadia dejó la India para poner rumbo a Estados Unidos, se llevó consigo la herida abierta de una madre fría e inescrutable, y desde entonces ha mantenido la distancia. Años más tarde, regresa a Bombay con la intención de adoptar un bebé y de reencontrarse con su anciana madre antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Está hospitalizada, ha dejado de hablar y parece haber renunciado a la vida. Atrapado por la culpa de no haber percibido la gravedad de su estado, Remy se entrega a la tarea de ayudarla a recuperarse y volver a casa.

Spie. Segreti. Sacrificio. Ispirato alla leggenda realmente esistita di Nancy Wake, la “Topa Bianca” della Resistenza francese, L’Asso dell’Audacia: Nome in codice Hélène inaugura una trilogia avvincente che spazia dalla Seconda Guerra Mondiale ai giorni nostri, incentrata sul coraggio, la tradizione e i legami invisibili tra le donne attraverso le generazioni. Londra, 2010 Aroha Tui ha sempre camminato tra due mondi: la sua eredità reale Māori e la sua nuova vita in Gran Bretagna. Quando le viene assegnato il compito di prendersi cura di Nancy Wake, un tempo la donna più ...

In the waning years of the eighteenth century, young William Culpepper leaves behind his quiet family home and steps into the ruthless world of the British Army. Appointed an ensign in the King’s 33rd Regiment of Foot, he soon learns that courage, intellect, and moral conviction are tested in the forge of the battlefield.

Fénix de América, la Décima Musa, consentida de la virreina y antagonista del arzobispo Francisco de Aguiar; hija del volcán por haber visto la luz a los pies del Popocatépetl, pero registrada como "hija de la Iglesia" por haber llegado al mundo en bastardía; cortesana, religiosa, dramaturga… Todo eso —y más— fue Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, la más grande poetisa que han dado estas tierras mesoamericanas.

Joan of Kent may have been the daughter of a disgraced earl, but there's more than meets the eye about this high-spirited and savvy woman . . . who soon changes the course of history. At the height of the Middle Ages in the fourteenth century, King Edward III of England is determined to use any...

In the bustling silver mining town of Aspen, Colorado, a young woman's promising life was cut short on a June evening in 1886. I should know—I was that woman. My name is Ida Chatfield, and my mysterious death has remained one of Aspen's oldest unsolved enigmas. From beyond the grave, I recount my journey from the Nebraska prairie to the soaring peaks of Colorado.

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE The intimate, sweeping tale of one Palestinian man’s restless search for home the world over, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope "Generations are captured here, loss and pain and miraculous attempt at...

From New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble comes a thrilling historical novel about the inception of the Colony Club, the first women’s club of its kind, set against the dazzling backdrop of Gilded Age New York. When young Gilded Age society matron Daisy Harriman is refused a room at...

Daughter of the nobility, cousin to a fallen Queen, Catherine Howard rose from the cluttered ranks of courtiers at the court of Henry VIII to become the King's fifth wife. But hers is a tale that starts long before the crown was placed on her head. A tale of tragedy and challenges, predators and prey; the story of a young girl growing up in a perilous time, facing dangers untold. The fifth wife of Henry VIII would end her life on the block, like her cousin Anne Boleyn...but where did her story begin?

A gripping novel featuring the legendary Richard Sharpe from Bernard Cornwell, the internationally bestselling master of historical fiction widely recognized as “the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today” (Wall Street Journal). The year is 1813. France is a...

Maggie's Mountain Song takes the reader on a journey through the Appalachian Mountain region near Boone North Carolina during the 1930's-1940's. The story is told through Maggie's Mountain dialect as she recalls her idyllic childhood ,and the highs, and lows of her life from her later years. Maggie takes the reader on a descriptive ramble over the farm she grew up on and the days of family togetherness, work, school, community, and human relationships and World War Two.

James, Lord of Douglas, known to his foes as the Black Douglas, leads a flank of the Scottish army in crushing a vast invading English force at the waters of the Bannockburn. Fresh from battle, James revels in honors heaped on him by the Scots and in the hatred of the enemy. When King Robert the Bruce orders him to push their advantage and force the English to the peace table, they both know the only way James can do so is by fire and the sword - the only language King Edward of England understands.

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Million Little Pieces and Bright Shiny Morning comes Katerina, James Frey’s highly anticipated new novel set in 1992 Paris and contemporary Los Angeles. A kiss, a touch. A smile and a beating heart. Love and sex and dreams, art and drugs and the...

In this novel about Ralph Waldo Emerson’s wife, Lidian, Amy Belding Brown examines the emotional landscape of love and marriage. Living in the shadow of one of the most famous men of her time, Lidian becomes deeply disappointed by marriage, but consigned to public silence by social conventions and concern for her family’s reputation. Drawn to the erotic energy and intellect of close family friend Henry David Thoreau, she struggles to negotiate the confusing territory between love and friendship while maintaining her moral authority and inner strength.

Japan, 1745, is a land under the iron grip of the Tokugawa shoguns. Roads are monitored, dissent stifled, and order maintained through blackmail and an extensive network of informers. Amid rumors of rebellion, Kurosawa Kinko—samurai and monk—is expelled in disgrace as the head music instructor of his Zen temple in Nagasaki. He begins an odyssey across Japan, dogged by agents and assassins from an unknown foe. Along his journey, Kinko encounters a compelling cast of merchants, ronin, courtesans, spies, warriors, hermits, and spirits, on a quest to redeem his honor.